When Frances Bumgarten encounters a handsome stranger in her kitchen in the middle of the night, her first impulse is to wallop the scoundrel on the head with a bread paddle. And when Frankie discovers he is zThe Fox,y a disarmingly arrogant purveyor of gossip among Englands aristocracy, shes tempted to take a second swing . . . Never mind that Reynard Boulton, nephew of the Viscount Tannehill, is returning her inebriated uncle safely home. This chiseled intruder has sparked an infuriating physical sensation unlike anything the feisty Nevada silver heiress has experienced. In fact, the noblemen of London are so dull, Frankies sworn off marriage entirely. She will, however, help her younger sister win her own love matcheven if it means secretly enlisting Reynards enquiring mind . . . But secrets, as Reynard knows too well, can be costly. For Frankie is yet unaware that a villainous duke is scheming to claim herand ruin him. Soon theyre racing to uncover the truthand fueling a passion that wont stay hidden . . .